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eylu tziporim asher afot meal hayam
If those birds that fly over the sea
y l v tziporim
I - f - t - h - o - s - e birds
hayu dovrot kivney adam
Could speak like human beings
elu sipurim hayu vaday latziporim
What stories they would surely have, those birds
al haaratzot asher meever leharim.
About lands that lie beyond the mountains
kol chofey hapele, kol agamey hatechelet
All the wondrous shores, all the azure lakes
kol horchasim hamushlagim
All the snow-capped mountain ranges
kol yemey haperech shecholfu baderech
All the grueling days that passed along the way
kol hashabatot vehachagim
All the Sabbaths and the holidays
eylu tziporim asher afot meal hayam
If those birds that fly over the sea
y l v tziporim
I - f - t - h - o - s - e birds
hayu dovrot kivney adam
Could speak like human beings
elu min shirim hayu vaday latziporim
What songs there would surely be, those birds
eyze karnaval haya lechal hameshorrim.
What a carnival there would be for all the poets
kol yerek hayaar, kol cheshchat hasaar
All the greenness of the forest, all the darkness of the storm
kol chemdat hekitz balevavot
All the longing of summer in our hearts
zo asher hofechet letzivey shalechet
That which turns to the autumn colors
shel haahavot hanichzavot
Of loves that were left unfulfilled
la lah lah lah lah
La la la la la
la la lah lahh lah la la lehe
La la la la la la la la la la la la
lahh lah lah lah la
La la la la la la
la lah lah lah lah lah lah lah
La la la la la la la la la
kol chofey hapele, kol agamey hatechelet
All the wondrous shores, all the azure lakes
kol horchasim hamushlagim
All the snow-capped mountain ranges
kol yemey haperech shecholfu baderech
All the grueling days that passed along the way
kol hashabatot vehachagim
All the Sabbaths and the holidays
ach hatziporim neemanot lishtikatan
But the birds stay faithful to their silence
v mi bo hasetav hen mamriot
A - n - d with the coming of autumn they take flight
bimchi kanaf vehasodot itan.
With a sweep of a wing and their secrets go with them
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